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Letter, D. Palmer Patterson To E.B. Whitaker
Letter, D. Palmer Patterson To E.B. Whitaker
Japanese American internment in Arkansas
Letter written by D. Palmer Patterson, Arkansas's director under the United States Employment Service, informing E. B. Whitaker, regional director of the War Relocation Authority in Arkansas, that the Governor would not allow Japanese Americans out of the camps to work in Arkansas.
Letter, From John M. Bramlette, Manager Ii, Utah Construction Company To D. Palmer Patterson
Letter, From John M. Bramlette, Manager Ii, Utah Construction Company To D. Palmer Patterson
Japanese American internment in Arkansas
Letter written by John M. Bramlette, a manager with the Utah Construction Company to D. Palmer Patterson, Arkansas's Director for the United States Employment Service. The Utah Construction Company, constructing Norfork Dam, requested the use of 34 Japanese Americans to work on the dam's construction due to labor shortfall. Williams states that he will pay for housing and food at $.50 an hour during a 48-hour work week. Williams has been looking for laborers within a 50 mile radius and is still short of men.